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Month: April 2010

There’s so many applications to choose from in the Android Market, here’s a few lists provided by members at HUKD. I’ll post up a “Top” list later on that picks out the most common applications from these lists.

If you’re new to Android, or to smartphones then the Desire might seem a little overwhelming when you first get it. Here’s a few tips and tricks on what to do when you get your phone, and how to use the Sense interface properly:

check that Internet and MMS are working. You might need to contact your network provider for the settings to use.

Add my email accounts to the Mail app – remembering to turn the “Sent from Hero” signature off. You can leave that on to brag but I don’t think it looks good when I’m emailing clients!

Setup your WiFi

Press Menu on the Home Screen, from the scene’s option choose the blank one and then add the widgets that you actually want/need. Extras will only drain the battery faster though they might provide extra eye-candy when you’re showing off your phone.

You can hold your finger down in any empty space on a homescreen to quickly add widgets.

Long-pressing an application in the menu will let you add it as a shortcut to a homescreen

Long-pressing the Home button will list your recently launched apps.

Pinch a homescreen, (or press Home whilst already on a homescreen) to see an overview of all 7 homescreens.

To use a part of an MP3 as a ringtone, open the track in the Music player, press Menu and select “Set as Ringtone”, then select “Trim the ringtone” and from there you can select and preview which part of the song you want!

Closing Applications

There’s no such thing as closing an app on an Android device because they’re multi-tasking phones. You simply press the home button to leave it and it should carry on where you left it next time you go on. When your device finds that it’s running out of RAM it’ll start closing the older apps itself.

HTC Desire delivers intense brilliance, sharp contrast, and true colors on the expansive 3.7-inch AMOLED display. The 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor makes the phone incredibly responsive as you multitask from app to app without skipping a beat, while the instinctive HTC Sense experience lets you wield the power of the HTC Desire with the greatest of ease.

Pay As You Go – £353

This is probably the cheapest deal for the HTC Desire right now – it’s the one I’ve ordered and expecting it to arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday. If you’re on another network then expect to pay £15 more to have it unlocked.

Buy it here – just switch to the T-Mobile tab and select Pay As You Go. The HUKD deal topic for this deal can be found here. Credit to chromosome17 for this deal.

Contract – £404

You can also get this phone on a T-Mobile contract. For £10/month and £164 for the phone you get 100 minutes/unlimited text/unlimited internet for a total of £400 over the course of 24 months i.e 24*10 = 240 + 160 = 404. There’s the possibility of T-Mobile knocking £40 off the handset, or £20 cashback if you order via Quidco or TopCashBack. You can view the HUKD topic for this deal here. Credit to the porterfor this deal.

Thanks for visiting MyHTCDesire.com. This website aims to provide owners of this mobile with a useful resource for all their Desire needs. I’ll aim to keep this blog updated as much as possible. If you’re interested in contributing (even if it’s part-time) please get in touch. hello [at] myhtcdesire [dot] com!

I was inspired by the members at HUKD to start this site, so thanks to all of them!